Display case



N. OWITZ DISPLAY CASE Aug. 29, 1933.

Filed April 15, 1931 INVENTOR BY H15 ATTORNEY "lOl Patented Au 29, 1933Nathan Owitz,

tion of New York DISPLAY cris s" York, N. Y.,acorpora Application 51111113, 1931., S erial No. 5 9,6 8

p 1 Claim. (C l. 20672) This invention relates generally to displaycases and more particularly to cases for displaying bolts of ribbon andthe like.

In many of the cases or racks with which applicantis aware, the articlesto be displayed are placed in the case in the same horizontal positicnso thatit is diflicult tolseethem without looking directly down'uponthemJ Other cases support the articles in ah inclined plane butsuch articles tend to move downward by gravity coming into contact withthe article next below it, and becomingsoiled. In other cases thearticles such as bolts of'ribbon rest against their supporting surfaceand thereby become soiled. Other cases are so built that they gatherdust and other foreign matter and are thus objectionable.

Iovercome the foregoing objections by providing'a case with rails orshelves that support 3 the article to be displayed, no matter what theshape of same, in an inclined plane so that each article can be seen ata distance and. to advantage and readily distinguished and recognized.When the article to be displayed is a bolt of ribbon, the rails onlyengage the paper portion of the bolt near each edge thereof so that theribbon is held out of contact with, any portion of the case. Devices areprovided for holding each article in its fixed position preventing it yfrom falling down on to the next article. A sign board is associatedwith the case for carrying advertising or other data.

In addition my improved case is simple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and is adapted to be placed on any kind of supportingsurface.

Otherobjects and advantages of my improved Referring to the variousviews of the drawing,

the improved case or rack comprises a frame shown as rectangular in thedrawing but which may of course be of any desired shape. This 1 frameincludes a front wall 10, a rear wall 11,

rugged in construction, dust and dirt proof and display purposes.

ribbon 22 which it is'desired to display; The

the rear wallbeing preferably higher than the front wall. Joiningthefront and rear walls. areiside walls13; ,Allof' these i walls'may' beformed-of cardboard; wood metal'or any suit- I able material sufficienttojprovide the necessary rigidity as vvillbe understood. The bottom edge'of each wall is flat permitting the frametto be supported on almostanykind of asurface and suc ges ma -cov edv.w 9 h the protectivecovering in order to protect the sup-' porting surface. The uppersurfaces of the side walls 13 are inclineddownwardly from the rear to'the front. When the walls are formed of cardboard as illustrated in thedrawing, the lower and upper edges of all of the walls may be protectedby channel shaped members 14; formed of metal; which members also add tothe attractiveness ofthe case. 4

The interior of the frame isdivided by partitions 15 which formcompartments 16 of varicreasing in width from left to right These 2compartments may of course be all of the same width if desired. Mountedon the sidewalls and partitions are supports, here illustrated asshelves, rails or tracks 17. These rails 17 are J supported in aninclined plane by L-shaped' members 18 which may be made of wood'or r Lmetal as desired. Cross pieces' 'l9 of Woodcrmetal may be placedunderneathfithe shelves or rails at spaced points in order to .brace thesame. The side walls 13 are braced by U-shaped Q members 20 crossingtherebetween'at their loweredges. These rails are adapted to supportarticles for In the drawing in Figure-l, the article shown is acylindrical shaped bolt 21,formed of paper aro und which is woundtherails are mounted sufliciently close tothe top thereabove. It will beunderstood of course' that any article having a body portion ofsuflicient 'width may be supported on these rails. When a bolt of ribbonis supported'as illustrated, no portion of the'ribbon touches the rails,only the edges of the paper bolt resting on the rails. The space betweenthe rails 17 is openso that dust and dirt may, pass therethrough to thewhere itmay be edges of the sidewalls .and partitions to permit aportion of the bolt. and ribbon to protrudeslide down from their properposition into contact with the next article below. This is accomplishedby providing spaced stop members 23 which project outwardly from theside walls and partitions at opposite points into the compart- -ments16, and which are positioned above and adjacent to the rails 17andvadapted to engage the ends hf the body of they bolt'21 supported onthe rails. These stops are illustrated in the drawing as metal plateshaving one of their ends secured to the side Wall 13 and passing throughthe partitions 15 so as to extend out" wardly from each side thereof.While Iprefer that these stops be permanently fixed \as "illus-r trated,it will be understood that :th'eyzmay abe removably mounted in order toadjust the length of the spaces between adjacent stops as will beapparent. These stop members may be out-' struck from the materialforming the walls and partitions if desired.

With reference :to the form of the invention shown in-Figure 4, "insteado'f havinga oontinueus rail or "shelf '17, the supporting meansm'ay beformed as 'a short sh'elf 24 f ormeclwith an integral 1 upstanding'flange 25 against -the bolt rests to prevent it from moving.

The case maybe provided with an'uprig'ht sign board 26mountedde'tazhably-on the rear wall by "means-of :pins 27 "adapted-to beinserted into sisting of vertical front, rear and side walls, a

plurality of parallel partition walls within said framehaving ends heldon said front and rear walls .fnr drvidingsaid'frame into a plurality ofelongated npenecmnpartments, a pair of inclined railsnn .each partitionwall extending longitudifinally thereon .on opposite sides and onopposite sides of each compartment, said rails forming means to supportthe margins of a bolt of ribbon wound thereon accommodating the ribbonon said bolt inthe spacebetween said rails, and stop members'onfsaidpartition walls spaced from each other to accommodate a boltof ribbon inthe spaces .between said stop .members to hold sa'idboltsin stationaryposition permitting unrollingpfthe ribbon therefrom in upward anddownward ldirect'ions without contact with any part of said .displaycase. I I

' OWITZ.

